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B. A. RICE.

CIGAR REGEPTAGLE FOR ATTACHMENT T0 BILLIARD AND OTHER TABLES.

No. 247,272. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

EVERETT A. RIoE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ClGAR-RECEPTACLE FOR ATTACHMENT T0 BILLIARD AND OTHER TABLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,272, dated September 20, 1881.

I Application filed February 24, 1881. (No model.) I

vlo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVERETT A. RICE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Cigar-Receptacle to be Attached to Billiard and other Tables, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention consists in a novel device to be applied to billiard and other game tables, to serve as a receptacle for holding the lighted cigars that are laid down by the player during the progress of the game.

The construction of my device and its mode.

of attachment and method of operation are fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my device attached to a table and thrown out in a position for use. Fig. 2 is a view from the under side with it folded in, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

Heretofore it has been the general custom for the person who is playing billiards and smoking during the progress of the game to lay the lighted cigar, which he removes from his mouth from time to time in order to continue the game, down on the edge of the table, and this practice has been frequently found to be destructive of the table or its covering, by reason of thelighted portion of the cigar coming inadvertently in contact therewith.

To obviate this danger is the object of my present invention, and this I accomplish by providing a suitable receptacle, which can be readily attached to the table and be swung out for use while the game is in progress.

In the drawings, a represents a portion of the top of a table,'of which 11 forms the projecting rim. Beneath this rim, or on its under side, is secured by means of rivets or screws a long narrow receptacle, 0, which is designed to receive the cigar. This receptacle is preferably made of cast-iron and constructed of trough-like shape, having its sides d d slightly flaring at the top and of a width and length to permit a cigar to lie therein. One end of the receptacle is closed and the other end is provided with the triangular-shaped opening 6. This opening permits the ashes which fall from the cigar being brushed out without removing the receptacle from the table. On each end of the receptacle are cast ears f f, and to these ears are hung, by means of pins or studs 9 g, the short transverse arms h h. The opposite endsof these arms are secured to the under side of the rim 1; of the table by screws 1' 'i, or by any other equivalent means. Both ends of the arms h h being loosely pivoted, a pressure on either end of the receptacle will cause it to swing one way or the other, and the arms will be folded in against the table, and the receptacle thus sheltered beneath the rim when not desired for use. On theouter side, 11, of the receptacle I provide two cavities, jj, of a depth and width sufficient to permit the thumb to enter and facilitate the removal of the cigar from the receptacle.

1 do notconfine myself to the particular form of the receptacle here shown, as it may be varied to suit the conditions and requirements of diflerent varieties of tables, and in some cases one arm may be all that is required as an attachment to the table.

The device may be nickel-plated and ornamented in a variety of ways to harmonize with the table, and may be attached at any point desired of the table that will be most convenient to the player. It is applicable to all tables upon which games are played, such as billiard, card tables, 860.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a billiard or other game table, of a receptacle for holding lighted cigars, constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a billiard or other game table, of a receptacle for holding cigars, secured thereto and adapted to be folded beneath the projecting rim of such table, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a billiard or other game table, of a receptacle for holding cigars, provided with loosely-pivoted arm or arms adapted to be attached beneath the rim of the table, and adjustable to or from their point of attachment, substantially as herein set forth.

4. In combination with a table, a, the receptacle 0, provided with ears ff, having arms h h pivoted thereto and to the table, substantially as described.

5. In combination with a billiard or other game tab1e,a cigar-receptacle pivoted thereto, and provided with an opening in one of its ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In combination with a billiard or other table, a cigar-receptacle attached thereto by pivoted arms, and provided with two or more recesses in one of its sides, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In combination With a billiard or other 15 table, a receptacle for holding cigars, adapted to be secured thereto by swinging arms, substantially as herein described.

EVERETT A. RICE.

Witnesses:

L. REDFIELD, R. O. KILLIN. 

